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January 21, 2020
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.17.2020

 

 

 

 

NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart  

 

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.53/0.43/0.31 compared to last week’s 0.53/0.38.  A&E’s LIVE PD dropped 0.11 to 0.50, and the pre-show hour was down 0.03 to 0.28.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.44/0.34.  HGTV’s MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME was at 0.30.  We’s LOVE AFTER LOCKUP was steady at 0.29, and EXTREME LOVE was down 0.02 to 0.09.  Food Network’s DINERES, DRIVE-INS & DIVES ticked down to 0.25.  Adult Swim’s JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU was at 0.26/0.21 compared to last week’s 0.24/0.21.  Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT led cable news at 0.24/0.39/3.3M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.23/0.36/3M, and CNN’s ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT at 0.14/0.20/1M.  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER returned at 0.22.  Lifetime’s HOPELESSLY IN LOVE fell 0.06 to 0.10.  

Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts
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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday January 17, 2020 P18-49 P2+
Rank Program Net Start Mins Rating (000s)
1 GOLD RUSH DISCOVERY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.53 2,582
2 LIVE PD: 267 LIVE PD A&E NETWORK 9:00 PM 180 0.50 1,788
3 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: PORTLAND/DALLAS ESPN 9:35 PM 149 0.44 1,118
4 GOLD RUSH: WHITE WATER DISCOVERY CHANNEL 9:00 PM 62 0.43 1,854
5 SPORTSCENTER 12AM  L ESPN 12:04 AM 56 0.35 847
6 NBA REGULAR SEASON     L: CHICAGO/PHILADELPHIA ESPN 7:12 PM 143 0.34 968
7 GOLD RUSH: DAVE TURIN SPC DISCOVERY CHANNEL 10:02 PM 59 0.31 1,381
8 MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME HOME AND GARDEN TV 9:00 PM 30 0.30 1,638
9 LOVE AFTER LOCKUP WETV 9:00 PM 61 0.29 804
10 LIVE PD AC A&E NETWORK 8:06 PM 52 0.28 1,137
11 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 9:00 PM 30 0.25 965
12 JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU ADULT SWIM 12:00 AM 15 0.25 489
13 SPORTSCENTER 1AM        L ESPN 1:00 AM 60 0.25 571
14 TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.24 3,333
15 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 7:30 PM 30 0.24 871
16 HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.23 3,377
17 PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN 5:30 PM 30 0.23 786
18 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW MSNBC 9:00 PM 60 0.23 2,964
19 FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 5:00 PM 60 0.22 2,969
20 REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HBO PRIME 10:01 PM 55 0.22 1,488
21 JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU ADULT SWIM 12:15 AM 15 0.21 416
22 NBA COURTSIDE  L ESPN 7:00 PM 12 0.21 560
23 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 11:00 PM 30 0.21 635
24 DR. PIMPLE POPPER: SUPERS TLC 8:00 PM 60 0.21 1,015
25 SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 PM 60 0.20 2,555
26 SPORTSCENTER MORNING    L ESPN 2:00 AM 60 0.20 421
27 OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS DISCOVERY CHANNEL 11:01 PM 59 0.19 818
28 MY FEET KILLING ME:FNOTES TLC 9:00 PM 60 0.19 1,019
29 STORY, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 PM 60 0.18 2,174
30 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD NETWORK 2:00 AM 30 0.17 420
31 INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.17 2,789
32 SPORTSCENTER EARLY      L ESPN 6:00 PM 60 0.16 482
33 AROUND THE HORN ESPN 5:00 PM 30 0.16 516
34 HOUSE HUNTERS INTL HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:00 PM 30 0.16 835
35 FOX NEWS AT NIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.16 1,598
36 HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE ESPN 4:30 PM 30 0.16 433
37 HOUSE HUNTERS REPACK HOME AND GARDEN TV 7:30 PM 30 0.16 957
38 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 8:00 AM 60 0.15 1,980
39 COLL BSKBL:BIG 10 L: MICHIGAN/IOWA FOX SPORTS 1 9:06 PM 132 0.15 685
40 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL MSNBC 10:00 PM 60 0.15 1,954
41 YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4:00 PM 60 0.14 1,817
42 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT CNN 7:00 PM 60 0.14 1,004
43 OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL 12:00 PM 60 0.14 1,977
44 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 10:00 AM 60 0.14 1,916
45 MY 600-LB LIFE: SUPER SIZ: N/A TLC 10:00 PM 120 0.13 574
46 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES MSNBC 8:00 PM 60 0.13 1,870
47 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 9:00 AM 60 0.13 1,875
48 COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST: ALEC BALDWIN COMEDY CENTRAL 9:00 PM 120 0.13 326
49 AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL 11:00 AM 60 0.13 1,958
50 LIGA MX L: ATLAS / PUEBLA TUDN 9:30 PM 159 0.13 288
51 FIRST TAKE   L: N/A ESPN 10:00 AM 120 0.13 411
52 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 8:00 PM 60 0.13 1,128
53 AMERICAS MOST MUSICAL FAM NICKELODEON 7:00 PM 60 0.13 505
54 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 10:00 AM 60 0.12 793
55 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 7:00 AM 60 0.12 1,651
56 AT THIS HOUR CNN 11:00 AM 60 0.12 760
57 CUOMO PRIME TIME CNN 9:00 PM 60 0.12 1,070
58 AMERICAS MOST MUSICAL FAM NICKELODEON 8:00 PM 60 0.12 460
59 INSIDE POLITICS CNN 12:00 PM 60 0.12 731
60 SITUATION ROOM CNN 5:00 PM 60 0.12 962
61 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 7:00 AM 60 0.12 299
62 DAILY BRIEFING W/D.PERINO FOX NEWS CHANNEL 2:00 PM 60 0.12 1,661
63 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS MSNBC 11:00 PM 60 0.12 1,529
64 BUBBLE GUPPIES NICKELODEON 12:00 PM 30 0.12 520
65 MICKEY MOUSE MIXED-UP ADV DISNEY CHANNEL 9:30 AM 24 0.12 396
66 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER CNN 4:00 PM 60 0.12 905
67 SITUATION ROOM CNN 6:00 PM 60 0.12 957
68 HIGH NOON (9AM PACIFIC) ESPN 4:00 PM 30 0.11 305
69 OUTNUMBERED OVERTIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL 1:00 PM 60 0.11 1,745
70 NBA: THE JUMP L ESPN 3:00 PM 60 0.11 302
71 FOX NEWS REPORTING. FOX NEWS CHANNEL 3:00 PM 60 0.11 1,659
72 KINDRED SPIRITS (O) TRAVEL CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.11 522
73 CNN TONIGHT CNN 10:00 PM 60 0.11 871
74 BB THE RINGERS COMEDY CENTRAL 11:00 PM 30 0.10 222
75 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 2:00 PM 60 0.10 740
76 VAMPIRINA DISNEY CHANNEL 10:00 AM 24 0.10 369
77 HOPELESSLY IN LOVE: 103 ANNA NICOLE S. AND LARRY B. LIFETIME TELEVISION 9:00 PM 123 0.10 359
78 NFL LIVE                L ESPN 1:30 PM 90 0.10 268
79 SPORTSCENTER AM      L ESPN 12:00 PM 90 0.10 279
80 CNN RIGHT NOW CNN 1:00 PM 60 0.10 727
81 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 3:00 PM 60 0.10 765
82 HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS MSNBC 7:00 PM 60 0.10 1,612
83 EXTREME LOVE WETV 10:01 PM 60 0.09 285
84 FOX AND FRIENDS FOX NEWS CHANNEL 6:00 AM 60 0.09 1,250
85 GET UP   L: N/A ESPN 8:00 AM 120 0.09 320
86 OWL HOUSE DISNEY CHANNEL 8:46 PM 22 0.09 428
87 KINDRED SPIRITS REPACK TRAVEL CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.09 471
88 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 9:00 AM 60 0.09 685
89 COLL BSKBL:BIG 10 L FOX SPORTS 1 7:00 PM 119 0.09 508
90 ELEAGUE TBS NETWORK 12:00 AM 60 0.09 244
91 GHOST LOOP TRAVEL CHANNEL 10:00 PM 60 0.08 437
92 ROCKETEER SERIES DISNEY CHANNEL 11:00 AM 25 0.08 337
93 MORNING JOE: N/A MSNBC 6:00 AM 180 0.08 1,143
94 ANDERSON COOPER 360 CNN 11:00 PM 60 0.08 647
95 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 8:00 PM 60 0.08 282
96 MTP DAILY MSNBC 5:00 PM 60 0.08 1,454
97 PJ MASKS DISNEY CHANNEL 10:30 AM 24 0.08 319
98 BEAT W/ARI MELBER MSNBC 6:00 PM 60 0.08 1,561
99 BARRETT JACKSON: 8 – SCOTTSDALE EPISODE 8 MOTOR TREND 8:00 PM 120 0.08 546
100 MSNBC LIVE W/ H.JACKSON MSNBC 10:00 AM 60 0.08 1,041
101 RICKY ZOOM NICK JR 6:00 PM 30 0.08 341
102 UNDISPUTED L: 842 FOX SPORTS 1 9:30 AM 150 0.08 188
103 BARRETT JACKSON: 9 – SCOTTSDALE EPISODE 9 MOTOR TREND 10:00 PM 120 0.08 415
104 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE MSNBC 4:00 PM 60 0.07 1,536
105 NEW DAY CNN 8:00 AM 60 0.07 636
106 FS1 COLLEGE HOOPS EXTRA L FOX SPORTS 1 11:18 PM 26 0.07 250
107 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 6:00 PM 60 0.07 259
108 BUNKD DISNEY CHANNEL 8:00 PM 24 0.07 497
109 GABBY D & THE UNSITTABLES DISNEY CHANNEL 8:24 PM 22 0.07 461
110 TRENDING FEAR TRAVEL CHANNEL 11:00 PM 60 0.07 335
111 HOPELESSLY IN LOVE LIFETIME TELEVISION 8:00 PM 58 0.07 215
112 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 7:00 PM 60 0.07 256
113 MSNBC LIVE W/VELSHI&RUHLE MSNBC 1:00 PM 60 0.07 1,049
114 PIONEER WOMAN FOOD NETWORK 1:00 PM 30 0.07 379
115 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS MSNBC 12:00 PM 60 0.06 1,098
116 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 2:00 PM 60 0.06 272
117 MSNBC LIVE W/ S.RUHLE MSNBC 9:00 AM 60 0.06 1,013
118 NEW DAY CNN 7:00 AM 60 0.06 489
119 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 1:00 PM 60 0.06 235
120 AMERICA SAYS GSN 9:00 PM 30 0.06 514
121 LAFF MOBB TRUTV 11:00 PM 30 0.06 140
122 COLLEGE BKBL REG SSN    L: DAYTON/SAINT LOUIS ESPN2 7:00 PM 148 0.06 213
123 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 238
124 MSNBC LIVE W/ A.VELSHI MSNBC 3:00 PM 60 0.06 1,123
125 MSNBC LIVE W/ C.MELVIN MSNBC 11:00 AM 60 0.06 951
126 MOVIE- LMN ACQUIRED PREM: WHO WANTS ME DEAD? LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK 8:00 PM 120 0.05 336
127 NOTICIAS CON D. MAERKER GALAVISION 12:30 AM 30 0.05 91
128 MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE HLN 6:00 AM 60 0.05 257
129 BARRETT JACKSON: 7 – SCOTTSDALE EPISODE 7 MOTOR TREND 4:00 PM 240 0.05 387
130 MSNBC LIVE W/K.TUR MSNBC 2:00 PM 60 0.05 1,061
131 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 4:00 PM 60 0.05 192
132 ELITE YOUTH FOX SPORTS 1 11:44 PM 30 0.05 90
133 HERD L: 1155 FOX SPORTS 1 12:00 PM 180 0.05 139
134 SHOBOX: NEW GEN 2020 SHOWTIME PRIME 11:17 PM 42 0.05 183
135 DATELINE: SECRETS UNCOVRD OXYGEN MEDIA 8:00 PM 60 0.05 318
136 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 5:00 PM 60 0.05 200
137 CONTACTO DEPORTIVO TUDN 12:09 AM 51 0.05 97
138 LIVE PD: PD CAM SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 9:00 AM 60 0.04 218
139 KIDS BAKING CHAMP COOKING CHANNEL 8:00 PM 60 0.04 182
140 LIVE PD: PD CAM SPECIALS A&E NETWORK 8:00 AM 60 0.04 178
141 NEW DAY CNN 6:00 AM 60 0.04 396
142 LOCKUP NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 12:00 PM 60 0.04 207
143 CATCH 21 (2019) GSN 6:00 PM 30 0.04 455
144 WMNS COLL GYMNASTICS L ESPN2 9:28 PM 67 0.04 150
145 KIDS BAKING CHAMP COOKING CHANNEL 9:00 PM 60 0.04 183
146 FUTBOL CENTRAL L TUDN 9:00 PM 30 0.04 90
147 SPORTSCENTER LATE       L ESPN2 11:00 PM 60 0.04 133
148 WORLDS CUTEST ANIMALS NAT GEO WILD 10:00 PM 30 0.04 185
149 WORLDS CUTEST ANIMALS NAT GEO WILD 8:30 PM 30 0.04 192
150 CASO CERRADO UNIVERSO 12:00 AM 60 0.04 160

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.